RCS is an open standard, isn’t it? Are you referring to the E2E encryption that Google added to Android?
RCS is an open standard, isn’t it? Are you referring to the E2E encryption that Google added to Android?
Alien might be the scariest movie of all time, IMO, so this makes perfect sense to me.
I do use Kodi for local content, but this unfortunately doesn’t help with streaming services, and even dedicated steaming boxes have ads on their home screens now.
I’m not sure how an email service helps here…?
*Pi-hole
Already got one. A lot of devices seem to route ads over channels that can’t be blocked without compromising other device functions.
My dad used to sautee them with bits of bacon or prosciutto. I don’t eat pork anymore, but god damn do I miss those Brussels sprouts.
I kinda disagree here - I have no problem using smart lights, etc., as long as they’re controlled by a non-cloud system like HomeAssistant. This just doesn’t seem to be an option for more complex devices.
You still end up with awkward, overcomplicated UIs that make using the TV in basic ways unnecessarily obnoxious.
A high-quality dumb TV.
Get your ads (and security vulnerabilities) out of my damn house.
Well, that one was already in all caps
Furthermore, it’s “Zeno’s Paradox”, (as in, attributed to Zeno) not “The Zeno Paradox”
Armies get stuck on ramps.
Imma let you in on a little secret:
All media is political. It’s just not always obvious.
plan 9
I don’t actually have the patience to run it, mind you. But it’s definitely my favorite in principle.
Runaway Jury
Das Boot is the movie you show an engineer if you want them to be anti-war.
The submarine itself is as much a character as the rest of the crew, and it fights alongside them through every struggle…
…only to die a pointless death at the end. A beautiful machine wasted on the cause of warfare.
Clooney’s delivery of the line “I am Shiva, the god of death” gave me chills.
Sing’s decision to cast all of its black VAs as a crime family of gorillas is disgusting, though.
There’s that old chestnut: “you know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine.”